Articles

Important Articles Authored by Robert A. Pearlman
Dr. Pearlman, MD, MPH, has authored over 150 articles…a select few can be read below.
“Perceived quality of life and preferences for life sustaining treatment in older adults” Archives of Internal Medicine

“Quality of life in elderly chronically ill outpatients”
Journal of Gerontology
Pearlman RA. Validation of life-sustaining treatment preferences: implications for advance care. Annals of Internal Medicine , 1997;127: 509-517.

Pearlman RA. Preferences for life-sustaining treatments in advance care planning and surrogate decision-making. Journal of Palliative Medicine. 2000;3(1):37-48.

Cunniff-Dixon Foundation (Pearlman, RA principal author). Planning Healthcare My Way: A Guide to Future Healthcare Decisions (Available at http://www.planinghealthcaremyway.org, 2018).
Pearlman RA. Use of medical futility rationale in do-not-attempt-resuscitation orders.
Journal of the American Medical Association. 1995;273(2):124-128.
Pearlman RA. Physicians’ and spouses’ predictions of elderly patients’ resuscitation preferences.
Journal of Gerontology. 1988;43(5):M115-M121.
Pearlman RA. Ethics consultation quality assessment tool: a novel method for assessing the quality of ethics case consultations based on written records. The American Journal of Bioethics. 2016;16(3):3-14, DOI: 10.1080/15265161.2015.1134704

Pearlman RA. Training to increase rater reliability when assessing the quality of ethics consultation records with the ethics consultation quality assessment tool (ECQAT). Journal of Clinical Ethics. Winter 2018; 29(4): 276-84.
Pearlman RA. Motivations for physician-assisted suicide: patient and family voices.
Journal of General Internal Medicine. Available online, January 2005; written version published 2005;20:234-239.
Pearlman RA. The IntegratedEthics™ Facility Workbook: an evaluation tool to support health care ethics program implementation and quality management. American Journal of Bioethics: Primary Research. 2013;4(1):59-70. Available at: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/21507716.2012.751465

Pearlman RA. Perceptions of clinical ethics practices: IntegratedEthics™ Staff Survey data from the VA health care system. American Journal of Bioethics: Primary Research. 2013;4(1):20-33. Available at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21507716.2012.752418

Do certain ethics issues turn up repeatedly? Why?

Fractional ethics officer • Ethics policies/practices evaluation • Ethics culture assessment • Medical ethics case consults • Subject matter expertise • Medical ethics training/seminars/work sessions • Mission, values, practices alignment • Quality check points • Ethics conflict resolution • Improve patient/provider trust • Improve staff morale • Minimize staff turnover • Prevent expensive litigation • Reduce fiscal/procedure irregularities • Improve patient satisfaction • Assist crisis management • Purpose marketing communications • Enhanced patient/public trust •